insideKENT Magazine Issue 30 - September 2014 | Page 145

EDUCATION

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

King’s Rochester

A S CH O O L O N T H E M O V E

It is, without doubt an exciting time for King’s Rochester as new and ongoing developments
continue to secure its place as an outstanding school for 3-18 year olds.
September 2014 will bring new subjects to the
curriculum with GCSEs in Drama, Computing,
and Dual and Triple Award Science and A level
Theatre Studies. The school has also introduced
the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) to enable
its most able students to extend their academic
interests and to hone some of the study skills
required by the best universities.
New Challenge Grades introduced in 2013
provide aspirational but realistic targets for pupils
and, together with tight tracking and monitoring
across all three areas of the School – Pre-Prep,
Prep and Senior – play an important role in
ensuring that every pupil is stretc